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SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTON POINT...USDA - FS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
523 PM MDT WED SEP 7 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1552 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. GUSTY WIND AND LIGHTNING
WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL OCCUR
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WITH THE FLOW ALOFT EAST TO WEST THE
STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE WEST AS THEY FORM OVER AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS.

...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS...
...HAINES INDEX IS HIGH LEVEL HAINES BOTH DAY AND NIGHT...

FORECASTER...AR

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS AND ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH AFTER 2300.

                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                    TO 30 MPH.

RIDGE TOP WINDS.....EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 8 TO 13 MPH UNTIL 2300.
                    THEN SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 9 MPH AFTER 2300.

LAL.................2 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.LESS THAN 5 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 800-1300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....DECREASING TO POOR AROUND MIDNIGHT.


.THURSDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY UNTIL 1200. THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-8 MPH.

                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON TO 30 MPH.

RIDGE TOP WINDS.....EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 7 TO 12 MPH.

LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.LESS THAN 5 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 7300-8300 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR...BECOMING GOOD IN THE AFTERNOON.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....39-44.
MAX HUMIDITY........68-73 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST LATE
                    IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.LESS THAN 5 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 700-1200 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....BECOMING POOR AROUND MIDNIGHT.


.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...

.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE 60S.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE 30S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 40. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS
AROUND 40. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN
10 MPH.

.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND 40.
HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ROSS
REQUESTED BY...GALEN ROESLER
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110907.NORTO.01/RIW